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Low-Carb and Sugar-Free Treats for Halloween

It’s a time of temptation – with sweet treats lurking around every corner. To be honest, the holiday seems to have become less about ghosts and ghouls over the years, and more about… well, sugar!

This seems kind of strange to me, because I'm British - and when I was a kid we'd go trick-or-treating and be given money. No joke!

Granted, it was just spare change - but the concept of giving neighbourhood kids candy and sweets wasn't really a 'thing' in northern England back in the '90s. At least not where I grew up.

Oh how times have changed! So, in light of this, I thought it only fair to post a couple of life-saving, low-carb Halloween treat recipes for anyone trying to watch their sugar intake. These should save you from reaching for the multitudes of sugary snacks that are flying around at this time of year. Enjoy these treats - and be sure to pin the following image to save these recipes for later:

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Pumpkin Spice 'Cheesecake' Fat Bombs

Fat bombs are awesome. They’re great for satisfying carb cravings, and due to their high fat content they have great filling power and provide a good source of energy.

Obviously, as with all treats – they should be enjoyed in moderation. But since it's almost Halloween, here’s a special pumpkin spice recipe, perfect for satisfying your Halloween treat cravings.

Ingredients

3 ounces of soft cheese (Neufchatel works well)

Half a cup of pureed pumpkin

Half a cup of unsalted, grass-fed butter

Half a teaspoon of pumpkin spice

A quarter cup of shopped almonds or walnuts

2 tablespoons of granulated sweetener

A pinch of salt

Method:

Melt the butter over a medium heat and add the pumpkin puree, stirring well

Add the cream cheese, nuts, sweetener and spice

Mix everything together thoroughly until all the ingredients are fully combined

Once frozen, cut into squares and store in a Tupperware box in the freezer, ready to eat

Sugar-free Candied Bacon

Who doesn’t love candied bacon? It’s the perfect mix of sweet, salty and savoury – and it makes a great snack. Usually, candied bacon is very much off the menu for low-carb dieters as it’s often made with brown sugar or maple syrup (or both!).

But you can enjoy the keto version guilt free!

Ingredients:

1 pound of thick cut bacon

3 tablespoons of 'brown sugar' sweetener substitute

2 tablespoons of Walden Farms Sugar-free Maple Syrup

A pinch of black pepper

2 tablespoons of rice vinegar

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Mix the sugar substitute, syrup, black pepper and rice vinegar together in a small bowl

Place the sliced bacon on a rack over a baking sheet

Bake in the oven for about ten minutes

Turn each slice and then bake for a further ten minutes

Brush each slice with the syrup mixture on each side, then return to the oven and bake for another 5 minutes

Repeat this process, basting and turning the bacon every five minutes for about half an hour

Once the bacon has browned and crisped up a bit, remove from the oven

Enjoy warm or cold

Low-carb Spiced Almond Cookies

Almond flour is perfect for baking, while remaining low on the carbs. And cookies are a perfect sweet treat for Halloween, as a substitute to candy. See where I'm going with this?

By using almond flour for your cookies, you save precious carbs and add the filling power of nuts into the mix. These cookies are great for staving off carb cravings - and make a perfect low-carb Halloween treat. Not that you’re going to be giving any of these away to the neighbourhood kids that might come knocking on your door.

Ingredients

Half a cup of unsalted, grass-fed butter

A quarter cup of pumpkin seeds

Two large free range eggs

Half a cup of granulated sweetener

Onelow sugar or diabetic chocolate bar, chopped into small chunks

Half a teaspoon of pumpkin spice

Half a teaspoon of baking soda

A teaspoon of vanilla extract

A quarter teaspoon of ground nutmeg

2 and a half cups of almond flour

A generous pinch of salt

Method:

Combine the salt, almond flour, baking soda, spices, salt and and sweetener in a mixing bowl

Melt the butter in a bain-marie and allow it to cool slightly (but not set)

Add the vanilla, Chocoperfection bar, eggs and pumpkin seeds to the butter, and mix

Stir the wet mixture into the dry mixture until a dough has formed

Scoop out about one tablespoon of the mixture and flatten into a disc on a cookie sheet

Repeat this process until you’ve used up all the dough, then pop into the oven at 350F for about ten minutes or until the cookies are starting to turn golden brown

Remove them from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool

Enjoy with a hot cup of Bulletproof Coffee

Sugar-Free Candied Pecans

If you need a sweet and filling low-carb snack to keep you away from all the Halloween candy that's flying around this time of year, then give these candied pecans a try! They're super tasty and (almost) completely guilt free. Half a cup of pecans has around 7 grams of carbs in it, and while this is quite low, it's easy to go overboard.

The moral of the story? Don't go nuts with your nuts!

Ingredients:

One cup of sweetener

One teaspoon of cinnamon

One teaspoon of salt

One egg white

One pound of pecan halves

Method:

Whisk the egg-white until light and fluffy

Toss the nuts in the egg-white, and add the Just Like Sugar, cinnamon and salt

Mix together until the nuts are evenly coated

Spread the nuts onto a baking sheet and pop into the oven at 250F

Bake them in the oven for about one hour, stirring occasionally

Enjoy!

So there we have it! Keto-friendly and low-carb treats for Halloween, with all the taste and none of the guilt.

Which recipe do you like the sound of the most? We'd love to hear about it - so please let us know in the comments section below.